1995–96 Buffalo Sabres season

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1995–96 Buffalo Sabres
1995–96 record	33–42–7
Home record	19–17–5
Road record	14–25–2
Goals for	247
Goals against	262
Team information
General Manager	John Muckler
Coach	Ted Nolan
Captain	Pat LaFontaine
Arena	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Team leaders
Goals	Pat LaFontaine (40)
Assists	Pat LaFontaine (51)
Points	Pat LaFontaine (91)
Penalties in minutes	Matthew Barnaby (335)
Wins	Dominik Hasek (22)
Goals against average	Dominik Hasek (2.83)

<1994–95	1996–97>

The 1995–96 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' 27th season in the National Hockey League. The Sabres missed the playoffs.

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NHL Draft
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Regular season
4 Awards and records
5 Transactions
6 Farm teams
7 See also
8 References

Offseason

NHL Draft

Regular season

The Sabres had the most power-play opportunities during the Regular season, with 477.^[1]

Season standings

Northeast Division
No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	49	29	4	362	284	102
2	Boston Bruins	82	40	31	11	282	269	91
3	Montreal Canadiens	82	40	32	10	265	248	90
4	Hartford Whalers	82	34	39	9	237	259	77
5	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	42	7	247	262	72
6	Ottawa Senators	82	18	59	5	191	291	41

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 7, 1995	3–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	1–0–0
2	L	October 9, 1995	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	1–1–0
3	L	October 13, 1995	1–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	1–2–0
4	L	October 15, 1995	3–4	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	1–3–0
5	W	October 18, 1995	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	2–3–0
6	L	October 20, 1995	1–3	New York Rangers (1995–96)	2–4–0
7	W	October 22, 1995	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	3–4–0
8	L	October 24, 1995	0–3	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	3–5–0
9	L	October 27, 1995	4–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	3–6–0
10	L	October 29, 1995	3–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	3–7–0
11	W	November 1, 1995	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	4–7–0
12	T	November 3, 1995	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	4–7–1
13	L	November 5, 1995	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	4–8–1
14	W	November 8, 1995	7–2	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	5–8–1
15	L	November 11, 1995	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	5–9–1
16	W	November 12, 1995	6–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	6–9–1
17	W	November 15, 1995	2–1	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	7–9–1
18	W	November 18, 1995	5–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	8–9–1
19	W	November 19, 1995	6–0	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	9–9–1
20	T	November 24, 1995	1–1 OT	New York Islanders (1995–96)	9–9–2
21	L	November 25, 1995	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	9–10–2
22	W	November 27, 1995	2–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	10–10–2
23	L	November 29, 1995	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	10–11–2
24	W	December 1, 1995	2–1	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	11–11–2
25	L	December 2, 1995	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	11–12–2
26	L	December 7, 1995	3–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	11–13–2
27	T	December 8, 1995	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	11–13–3
28	L	December 11, 1995	1–6	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	11–14–3
29	W	December 13, 1995	4–3	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	12–14–3
30	W	December 15, 1995	5–4	New York Rangers (1995–96)	13–14–3
31	W	December 16, 1995	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	14–14–3
32	W	December 20, 1995	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	15–14–3
33	L	December 22, 1995	2–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	15–15–3
34	W	December 23, 1995	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	16–15–3
35	L	December 26, 1995	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	16–16–3
36	L	December 27, 1995	3–4	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	16–17–3
37	L	December 29, 1995	2–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	16–18–3
38	L	December 31, 1995	2–5	New York Islanders (1995–96)	16–19–3
39	W	January 5, 1996	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	17–19–3
40	W	January 6, 1996	7–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	18–19–3
41	L	January 10, 1996	1–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	18–20–3
42	L	January 12, 1996	1–3	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	18–21–3
43	L	January 13, 1996	4–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	18–22–3
44	L	January 17, 1996	0–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	18–23–3
45	W	January 24, 1996	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	19–23–3
46	L	January 26, 1996	0–1	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	19–24–3
47	L	January 27, 1996	3–6	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	19–25–3
48	L	January 30, 1996	4–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	19–26–3
49	W	January 31, 1996	6–1	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	20–26–3
50	L	February 3, 1996	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	20–27–3
51	L	February 4, 1996	2–5	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	20–28–3
52	W	February 7, 1996	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	21–28–3
53	W	February 8, 1996	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	22–28–3
54	T	February 10, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	22–28–4
55	T	February 14, 1996	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	22–28–5
56	T	February 16, 1996	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	22–28–6
57	L	February 17, 1996	1–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	22–29–6
58	W	February 21, 1996	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	23–29–6
59	W	February 23, 1996	7–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	24–29–6
60	W	February 25, 1996	6–1	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	25–29–6
61	W	February 28, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	26–29–6
62	T	March 1, 1996	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	26–29–7
63	L	March 3, 1996	0–3	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	26–30–7
64	L	March 6, 1996	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	26–31–7
65	L	March 8, 1996	2–3 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	26–32–7
66	L	March 10, 1996	4–6	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	26–33–7
67	W	March 13, 1996	6–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	27–33–7
68	L	March 15, 1996	1–3	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	27–34–7
69	L	March 16, 1996	1–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	27–35–7
70	L	March 18, 1996	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	27–36–7
71	L	March 22, 1996	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	27–37–7
72	W	March 23, 1996	7–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	28–37–7
73	L	March 27, 1996	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	28–38–7
74	L	March 29, 1996	5–6 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	28–39–7
75	L	March 31, 1996	5–6	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	28–40–7
76	W	April 1, 1996	6–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	29–40–7
77	L	April 3, 1996	1–5	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	29–41–7
78	W	April 5, 1996	4–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	30–41–7
79	L	April 6, 1996	0–3	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	30–42–7
80	W	April 10, 1996	5–2	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	31–42–7
81	W	April 13, 1996	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	32–42–7
82	W	April 14, 1996	4–1	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	33–42–7

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	C	76	40	51	91	36	-8	15	3	7
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge	LW	74	25	33	58	30	0	6	0	3
Plante, DerekDerek Plante	C	76	23	33	56	28	-4	4	0	5
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	78	10	44	54	81	-2	7	1	2
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe	RW	67	25	25	50	33	-8	8	1	0
May, BradBrad May	LW	79	15	29	44	295	6	3	0	4
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	80	6	30	36	58	-25	5	0	0
Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby	RW	73	15	16	31	335	-2	0	0	0
Peca, MichaelMichael Peca	C	68	11	20	31	67	-1	4	3	1
Khmylev, YuriYuri Khmylev	LW	66	8	20	28	40	-12	5	1	1
Audette, DonaldDonald Audette	RW	23	12	13	25	18	0	8	0	1
Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger	C	58	10	10	20	37	-21	5	0	1
Astley, MarkMark Astley	D	60	2	18	20	80	-12	0	0	0
Hannan, DaveDave Hannan	C	57	6	10	16	30	2	1	1	2
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	LW	76	5	10	15	148	-9	0	0	0
Wilson, MikeMike Wilson	D	58	4	8	12	41	13	1	0	1
Grosek, MichalMichal Grosek	LW	22	6	4	10	31	0	2	0	1
Huddy, CharlieCharlie Huddy	D	52	5	5	10	59	-5	2	0	1
Jackson, DaneDane Jackson	RW	22	5	4	9	41	3	0	0	1
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	71	3	6	9	287	-8	0	0	0
Shannon, DarrylDarryl Shannon	D	26	2	6	8	20	10	0	0	0
Conn, RobRob Conn	W	28	2	5	7	18	-9	0	0	0
Bodger, DougDoug Bodger	D	16	0	5	5	18	-6	0	0	0
Pearson, ScottScott Pearson	LW	27	4	0	4	67	-4	0	0	1
Ward, DixonDixon Ward	RW	8	2	2	4	6	1	0	0	1
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	38	1	3	4	52	3	0	0	0
Muni, CraigCraig Muni	D	47	0	4	4	69	-12	0	0	0
Boughner, BobBob Boughner	D	31	0	1	1	104	3	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	59	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
McKee, JayJay McKee	D	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blue, JohnJohn Blue	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown	C/LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jennings, GrantGrant Jennings	D	6	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0
Moore, BarrieBarrie Moore	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nichol, ScottScott Nichol	C	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	G	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Trefilov, AndreiAndrei Trefilov	G	22	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Varada, VaclavVaclav Varada	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	3417	59	22	30	6	161	2.83	2	2011	1850	.920
Trefilov, AndreiAndrei Trefilov	1094	22	8	8	1	64	3.51	0	660	596	.903
Blue, JohnJohn Blue	255	5	2	2	0	15	3.53	0	137	122	.891
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	75	2	1	0	0	4	3.20	0	32	28	.875
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	119	3	0	2	0	10	5.04	0	64	54	.844
Team:	4960	82	33	42	7	254	3.07	2	2904	2650	.913

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

NHL All-Star Game

Dominik Hasek, Eastern Conference

Transactions

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Farm teams

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References

Sabres on Hockey Database

^ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1996.html
^ "1995-96 Buffalo Sabres Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/1996.html. Retrieved 2009-06-12.

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Northeast Division	Buffalo • Pittsburgh • Boston • Montreal • Hartford • Ottawa

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See also	1995 NHL Entry Draft • Stanley Cup Playoffs • Stanley Cup Finals

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